Chapter 320: Winter Solstice

At night, the clouds and rain in the red gauze tent were the clouds, and the two of them went straight to dawn and fell asleep. When she got up the next morning, it was already night, Huizhu saw that Yinzhen was still asleep beside her, and she saw in her heart that he was not like to sleep lightly on weekdays, but he didn't think deeply, so he threw away his thoughts, put on a coat from the head of the bed, and got out of bed.

Su Xin heard the movement in the outer room, and hurriedly greeted the screen and looked inside, seeing Huizhu walking lazily with a sad expression, Xiao did a little bit of general work yesterday, and quickly stepped forward to take a hand, and looked at the bed, and then whispered: "The emperor still has to sleep for a while, and the slave maid will bathe the master first, okay?" Huizhu's clothes were sweaty, and she nodded her head.

The warm water flooded the skin, Huizhu sighed comfortably, closed her eyes and leaned against the wall of the bath barrel, and said lazily: "You too, serve the bathing in the palace, and hand it over to Xiaojuan and A Xing, why do you need to be tired." As usual, Su Xin coped with the words as always, remembered something, and said: "Yesterday, the emperor came back, lay on the couch for a while, and then sent Father-in-law Lu to pass on the imperial doctor. After that, the imperial doctor came, and the master happened to enter the house, so he didn't go. Do you want to wait for the meeting, but do you want to ask for a pulse from the Imperial Doctor? ”

"The emperor's dragon body is not child's play, of course, you have to ask the imperial doctor to ask for a safe pulse." After speaking, Huizhu thought about Yinzhen's request for pulse, cleaned her body in three or two, and returned to the bedroom. At that time, Yinzhen was waking up and sitting against the bed rail, and Huizhu asked repeatedly: "I had a headache when I left the table yesterday, but now I still have a pain?" Why don't you ask the Imperial Doctor to come over first? While asking, he stroked Yinzhen's forehead with his hand and kneaded it moderately.

Yin Zhen played with a handful of Huizhu's hanging hair in her hand, and when she heard her mention last night, the movements in her hands paused, and when she played with her fingers again, she said: "Yesterday was a greedy cup at the banquet, and the cool breeze blew to feel a little uncomfortable, and I don't need to let the imperial doctor come over, I'm fine." ”

Although she heard this, Huizhu was still not at ease, but she couldn't stand Yinzhen's diversionary topic, and in the end, she somehow was sent to the East Chamber to see Baolian, so that the matter of the night banquet was gradually left behind. It's just that every time she looks at the embroidery of "Passing Away" hanging in the house, she always feels that this Liu is not simple, just imagine how there is such a fate in this world?

However, the words sent back to keep an eye on him came back, saying that Liu's behavior was extremely low-key, and except for the necessary Chen'an Province on weekdays, he was generally closed in the hospital, and he did not give anyone any more contact. In this way, there was no result in coming and going, and the scene of Liu's being bullied and silent was vivid, and she finally dispelled her doubts.

The days went by like this, and I didn't feel that the black flying rabbit was gone, and it was only after mid-autumn, and it was the end of the wax moon. And this day happened to be the winter solstice on December 22, in the morning, when the moon was setting outside, because Yinzhen went to the morning court, Huizhu couldn't sleep, so he simply got up and freshened up.

Facing the mirror morning makeup, she suddenly felt a chill coming from behind, Huizhu saw the person through the mercury mirror, and the smile on her face immediately deepened, and said, "I came to ask for peace this morning, but it's not like you a lazy girl." Baolian walked behind Huizhu in a few steps, leaned down and picked up a gourd velvet flower for Huizhu to wear on her sideburns, looked at the person in the mirror, and said with a playful smile: "Today is the winter solstice, and wearing a gourd velvet flower is the most seasonable." ”

Su Xin came in with almond tea, and just heard Baolian's words, so she interjected with a smile: "Winter Solstice Wonton Summer Solstice Noodles, the princess will have to use a big bowl of wontons for a while." Bao Lianteng straightened up, rubbed to Su Xin's side, took her arm, pouted and said: "The palace will eat and leave now, so as not to look at those twisted women and lose the spirit of the festival." ”

was really spoiled, Huizhu said with angry eyes: "The little sisters who are as big as you are all people who are mothers, just count you as childish as you are, and you talk nonsense without covering up." Be careful that the palace has asked for a decree, let your emperor Ama marry you out of the palace, and find a horse to suppress your arrogance! The people in the room "fluttered" and laughed, and Su Xin inevitably quipped: "That relationship is good, it is kissing and kissing." ”

Baolian's pretty face "banged" a piece of red dandan, and she couldn't help but lower her head coquettishly, but found that everyone was smiling even more, and then an arrogant energy struck, staring at everyone like a proud peacock in her nose, and seemed to say disdainfully: "Fu Heng's kid, this palace won't marry him!" ”

Although Xiaojuan is old, her heart is still lively, and when she heard the words, she blurted out: "Princess, Mama didn't say that you were going to marry Young Master Fucha, why did you say that it was him?" Hearing this, Baolian only felt a "boom" in her mind, but she was helpless for a while, and couldn't help but be annoyed and angry.

Seeing this, Huizhu hurriedly diverted the conversation, and instructed Xiao Ranzi: "The emperor is busy today, and it is estimated that he will come back at noon." It just so happens that they don't have to say hello after today, and the palace wants to take advantage of the winter solstice to leave them for breakfast for a while and eat wontons to suit the occasion. After speaking, he motioned for everyone to stop laughing, then turned his head, brushed the gourd velvet flower on the bun in the mirror, and added: "Wait a minute, give one more gourd velvet flower to each person." Xiao Ranzi had to step back.

In a short time, the dawn broke, the sun rose in the east, the snow began to fall, and the sky and the earth were bright, and I didn't realize that the sky was dawning.

In the small courtyard surrounded by green and green bamboos for several months in a year, under the cover of heavy snow overnight, the jade branches and jade leaves are all around, and the exterior of the courtyard suddenly changes drastically, but the courtyard is the same. More than a dozen women of different ages and appearances sat together, hugging the elegant women with gentle eyebrows in the hall, and their faces seemed to be a group of friendly smiles.

Huizhu listened a little tastelessly, and got up before the fifth watch in the morning, and then she was a little sleepy, and she yawned with the handkerchief in her hand. The palace concubines sitting below were all observant masters, and seeing that Huizhu showed a little lack of interest on her face, she hurriedly changed the topic and picked up interesting things to say.

At this time, Xiao Ranzi came in from outside, walked to Huizhu's side, and whispered: "Master, the flower hall where you can see plum blossoms has been set up." Huizhu nodded slightly, yawned again, looked at the concubines and said, "Today is the winter solstice, and it will be the New Year in a few days." In the past few days, everyone has no time to gather together, so the palace wants to take advantage of the winter solstice to be the east, and invite everyone to eat together with some solar terms. With the echo, the concubines got up and hugged Huizhu out of the upper room.

Out of the porch, into the hanging flower door, not a few steps to the left across the courtyard of the flower hall. In the middle of winter, several plum blossoms bloom in the courtyard, clusters of five-petal plum pink, white and red, reflected in the white and vast silver fields, which are very beautiful. For a while, the north wind whistled by, and the dark fragrance floated.

In the flower hall, the upper side is set up with a jade case, four large round tables of rosewood are placed in the hall around the periphery, each table seat is all set up with a small squirrel skin mattress, a gilded small foot stove is set up on the lower side of the chair and stool, connected to the half of the table set up, there is an incense burner the size of a palm on the table, the lily incense is burning in the furnace, and there are kumquat potted plants on the top.

Everyone sat down according to their qualifications, Huizhu sat down under the upper jade case, and then, seven or eight beautiful palace ladies rushed in, stretched out their tender hands to set the table, and more than a dozen palace ladies stood around the hall to serve. The palace concubines looked at everything quietly in their eyes, secretly remembered it in their hearts, couldn't help but have red eyes, jealousy blinded their hearts, and they only wished that they were the ones sitting behind the jade case.

Huizhu didn't know what everyone was thinking, and saw that the food was set on the table, but the dishes for breakfast on weekdays were much the same, except that there was an extra bowl of three fresh wontons, a bowl of boiled white meat, a plate of dry dumplings and a plate of winter solstice dumplings in front of everyone, so she picked a winter solstice group in front of her and said with a smile: "Just some daily food, but the practice of this winter solstice group is from the south, you may think it is fresh." As he spoke, he took a small sip of the winter solstice group and signaled for the banquet to begin.

Before the concubines came, most of them used some food to eat at the bottom, and they didn't feel hungry, so they only dipped the four solar terms in food and ate a little chopsticks and stopped laughing. Only the Liu family in the first table on the right had a good appetite, and he actually ate most of the bowl of three fresh wontons, and also ate several winter solstice groups.

Huizhu saw that the winter solstice group in front of Liu was about to bottom out, and she was a little surprised, and looked up and down again. When he wanted to look at it again, he suddenly bumped into Liu's sight, and couldn't help but smile embarrassedly: "Liu Guiren, you have a good appetite, but this winter solstice group is in harmony with your taste, it is better to wait for the palace to let the kitchen copy its practice for you." ”

Hearing Huizhu's words of concern for Liu, the concubines hurriedly stopped talking, and looked at Liu with a little jealousy, and saw that most of the food in front of Liu was empty, and in an instant, the jealousy receded, and contempt jumped to the bottom of their eyes.

Receiving all kinds of sneering eyes, Liu's face flushed with embarrassment, and he was about to bow his head to avoid everyone's sight, when he remembered Huizhu's words again, and hurriedly stood up in a hurry, and said hurriedly: "Let Niangniang see and laugh, concubine...... Uh-" Before he finished speaking, Liu quickly covered his mouth and turned around and retched at the spittoon, and after a while, he took the cotton towel handed by Gong'e and wiped his mouth.

An sat at the same table, the most advanced from Liu's, seeing her like this, so he stepped forward and rubbed her back, and said with concern: "Sister Liu, how did you get this?" It's like a little woman who is pregnant with a child! Come, let's drink a glass of warm water first. After Wu Ya's spontaneous combustion of the lamp banquet, every time he saw Liu's family, he would bully a few words, and when he heard An's words, he hurriedly covered his mouth and smiled: "Sister An, what you said is not right?" Sister Liu, she has never slept before, how can there be news about this. As he spoke, he laughed sharply.

"Who said my master didn't sleep? On the night of August 22, the emperor favored his master! Hearing this, Hongying, the big girl beside the Liu family, suddenly stepped forward and argued with a red face towards the Wu Ya clan.